THRESHOLD | Implantation The project proposes a few landscaped spaces that provide with privacy to the housings in ground floor, at the same time as they initiate this tour across the senses of the future green space. The topography also turns out to be a fundamental factor, since the project allows to anchor minimizing his visual impact, playing with valleys and spa...
Subtle level changes and carefully configured window openings gradually carve out space from the limestone cube, becoming more open as one ascend towards the sky, eventually giving way to outdoor terraces shaded by cantilevered louvers which further break down the overall massing.The house is situated on a steep hillside above a dry creek. The formal genesis is threefold...
The main design criteria was that every interior space would have a relation with exterior space. To accomplish that, our approach was to integrate outdoor space at every level of the house, be it a garden or terraces. Other spaces we would open up to the exterior by extensive use of glass positioned to take advantage of the landscape surrounding the site. Since the s...
Agra is an upcoming Tier 2 town, with restrained access to resources; one could dare to dram an idea and it stood a good chance of converting itself to reality. Through this project, Archohm focuses on innovation and fresh design to meet new urban challenges, while making optimum utilization of space and resources.A tight site in an eminent neighborhood of private re...
The perception of this project is viewed from both inside-out and outside-in. Homeowners request for every space in a house has to feel the nature and the presence of “water”, which is the main theme of this project, either by visual, sound, or feeling. An idea of space comes from a belief of homeowners in Fengshui. It determines auspicious and inauspicious positions ...
From the architect The development consists of 6 new homes in the neighbourhood of Hintonburg. The four detached and one semi-detached buildings replace a former single detached dwelling and garage which occupied the 600 m2 lot. Each home is 100 m2 and is built on a 100 m2 lot. The buildings are 2 storeys, with a partial third storey; each has an at-grade as well ...
The architect’s description The architectural project for this house consists of two main volumes; ground floor and superior floor. The ground floor embraces the architectonical program of the house and is organized by a longilineal volume that incorporates all of the wet areas; two bathrooms, kitchen and laundry room. This main volume stretches along the whole ex...
The house is located in the tiered-developed residential area on a hill. From the site, the beautiful scenery of the lake can be viewed. The customer requested that the view be fully utilized and that the space be opened while not being bothered by eyes of neighborhood. In this project, versatile spaces that incorporate light and scenery were intended by the win...
Design/build firm Dwell Development have recently completed their net-zero ‘Reclaimed Modern’ home in Seattle, Washington State About the project from the architect Nestled in Seattle’s Columbia City neighborhood, the eco-friendly home proves the combination of modern design and pragmatic necessity is the future of development. Every home built by Dwell De...
The architect’s description In Manhattan’s landmarked Tribeca North area, the 3,000-square-feet top floor and roof of an 1884 caviar warehouse are reconceived as a residence with large open entertaining zones and a fluid connection with the outdoor environment. Outdoor Connection – The residence is transformed by a relocated mezzanine where a sunken interior court ...
Chan Architecture have completed the renovation and extension of a home in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The architect’s description Renovating and extending a typical Victorian terrace always poses a unique set of challenges. The blocks are often long and narrow, with a symmetrical arrangement of period-style bedrooms at the front of the house divided ...
The architect’s description This terrace sits at a corner site and thus the full side of the house fronts the side street. To preserve the privacy but still allowing light and ventilation, a slatted timber screen covers the entire side elevation. At the front, an outdoor terrace with a high volume fronts the main garden. The space continues into the double volu...
In approaching this project, we studied the composition of the existing building and identified multiple layers added to one another over time. These additions had compressed the living space since the original construction dating back to 1880. Inside the attic, we found that the current flat roof was built on top of a former sloped roof together reaching a thickness ...
This all-year cabin is located in the mountains above the village Ål, amidst cross-country ski tracks in winter and hiking tracks in summer. It is well suited for the family of five and designed to accommodate changes in family composition and a mix of generations in the years to come. The project has had a particular ambition to adapt to the existing topography and natu...
The owners of this small duplex located in Greenwich Village wanted to live in an apartment with minimal obstacles and furniture. Working with a small budget, StudioLAB aimed for a fluid open-plan layout in an existing space that had been covered in darker wood floors with various walls sub-diving rooms and a steep narrow staircase. The use of white and light blue t...
Over the years, the owners of this bungalow in Peterborough had added two wings and cultivated a landscaped pond in the back accessed by a generous deck. Yet the 2,500-square-foot home was mostly closed off to this impressive little ecosystem, populated with frogs and butterflies, and the additions had created a labyrinth of disjointed spaces. AGATHOM was brought on t...
The crisp, looming roof lines highlight the beauty of the natural cedar soffits while sitting comfortably on a minimal material pallet of stucco, glass, detailed metal, concrete and featured marble slabs. The grade has been manipulated to allow a walk-out side garden from the lower floor suite while preserving the garden relationship to the main floor living room, lib...
The house was conceived for a young couple and their teen daughter, and the program on this 9,600 sft plot required a basement for car parking, 4 bedrooms, a home theatre, gym and public spaces such as living, dining and kitchen interacting with a large garden. What drew us to the site in the upmarket Koramangala neighborhood in Bangalore was the number of mature trees t...
The River Bank House sits along the Gallatin River just outside Big Sky, Montana. The clients love to entertain, so the house was set up to create an open and casual atmosphere with a strong connection to the outdoors. The house is oriented toward the best view of the river while maintaining good solar orientation for taking advantage of solar heat gain in the...
The inspiration for this house emerged between the combinations of two cultures; Chiapas, the state where the couple were born, and Veracruz a city they love and have built a life for themselves and their children. The house is located on a hill, in a gated community “Playas del conchal” with an exceptional view of the Gulf of Mexico in the town of Alvarado, Veracruz....
This luxury beachfront property has been designed to take advantage of the wonderful coastal sub-tropical climate. Indoor-outdoor living, large breezeway windows and overly generous covered outdoor areas are key in the design “conception” of this project. The four bedroom house also features a separate self-contained 2 storey terrace house to accommodate guests. ...
From the architects Amsterdam based studio Engel Architecten has recently completed this residence in the wooded surroundings of Zeist, a small town in the centre of the Netherlands. By carefully configuring the design and choosing the materials and colours, Engel Architecten has tried to blend in the building with its surroundings rich of pine trees and heath. ...
in doing so, ‘contrast house’ adds to the present nature of the streetscape, rather than replacing it. the existing building possessed a south-facing façade, however it was only 11 feet wide and, due to a traditional victorian room layout, had no direct sight lines through the house. the long, narrow home has been opened up on all levels, with the rear portion of the ...
four graduate students from english firm feilden clegg bradley studios has recently installed the first two mobile artists’ residences on south downs titled ‘the observatory’. built on portable foundations, ‘the study’ and ‘the workshop’ are set to visit four locations over the next two years. the project fuses architecture, art, and landscape through design and function...
the premise of the design is straight forward, a triangular footprint that funnels views to the nearby mountains made of a concrete shell that folds, opens, and strategically conceals parts of the house. two courtyards, one at the southern entrance and one internal patio located between the bedrooms, afford plenty of natural light and ventilation to the interior spaces ...
The design arose out of an increased awareness to the appearance of large wind turbine structures on both the sea and land. wanting to transform the large energy sources into something more than just functional machines, they are rendered as habitable dwellings. The buildings are formed from highly insulated capsules that are wrapped around the gigantic trunks of the...
the house is positioned near the bottom of the site, butting up against an area of old junipers to enjoy privacy while at the same time leave the landscape untouched. although a rather large house of five bedrooms, the program is broken up into various masses that break down its scale from any side. rusting steel and horizontal wood siding make up the majority of the ext...
united beneath a large slate-clad canopy, the home’s unusual layout eliminates the need for corridors, and ensures close relationships between each room. the residence’s primary living space is located at the heart of the plan where a large window offers constant external views of the passing street. ancillary spaces are then organized around the central accommodation, p...
Completed by reiulf ramstad architects, ‘V-lodge’ takes its name from the dwelling’s floor plan, with the property divided into two wings connected at a 45 degree angle. One branch contains the kitchen and dining room, while the other is a staggered series of more intimate rooms embedded into the sloping terrain. adjoining the residence, small external micro-climates ...
Named ‘ktima house’, the dwelling can be perceived in different two ways. from above, the building is viewed as an abstract white line, adapting to the site’s undualting topography. conversely, from the sea, the façade takes on a continuous yet apparently fragmented composition that calls to mind ancient citadels. the composition and rhythm of the design is directly i...
composed of crisply-detailed, considered materials, surfaces, and finishes, the home is a balance of elegance and restraint. the two-storey massing is designed to allow for a bold yet humble street presence, while each single-storey wing extends through the site, forming intimate outdoor and indoor spaces. in plan, the residence is organized into clear zones of publ...
given the mounded nature of the topography, the home is entered through a subterranean concrete garage level while the living spaces are situated in a glass mass taking up a footprint of 5m x 9m elevated above grade. spaces are organized in more of a vertical fashion- the concrete primary structure forms a series of platforms ascending in a spiral manner, each containing...
Named ‘balint house’, the residence boasts a continuous sweeping facade that not only encloses the building, but also disguises the visual impact of the two-storey property. the dwelling is placed at the edge of the plot, leaving enough space for a crescent-shaped swimming pool and a large garden whose boundaries are blurred with planted vegetation. living accommodati...
The structure is comprised of four stories that include residential units, a parking area, service area, and lobby. the building is pushed to the southern end of the site to preserve three existing sycamore trees. throughout the design, natural light is brought into the interior spaces- an important element to homogenize the ambiance of private and public spaces on each ...
The adaptive reuse project transforms an existing 1970’s commercial courtyard building into a residential complex featuring trees and outdoor patios scattered throughout. after having won the commission in 2010 with a winning competition proposal, the team, led by ma yansong, now carries the plans into implementation phases for realization of MAD’s first project in europ...
A year ago in October, a young couple in their late 20s, visited our studio to build their house to live after their wedding. They were the youngest clients who required our design. The couple was about to get married next year (2014), and they were thinking of renovating the concrete warehouse in the bride's hometown as their new house. They said they want to fix it an...
